MyShell
Design Engineer
Job Summary
MyShell is seeking a frontend developer to help build innovative visualization interfaces and design systems for AI-native applications. The role involves transforming workflows into user-perceivable UI experiences, developing flexible canvases, and maintaining design consistency across platforms. Candidates should have experience with frontend technologies like React, HTML5, CSS3, and graphics rendering libraries, along with a strong interest in human-computer interaction and AI. The company offers flexible remote work, competitive compensation, and opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI technologies that aim to reshape industries.
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Benefits
Job Description
About MyShell
MyShell is revolutionizing the AI landscape by building an open ecosystem for AI-native apps. Our powerful platform and intuitive toolkit empower anyone to create, access, and benefit from AI-powered applications. Launched in April 2023, MyShell has quickly gained global traction, attracting a diverse community of creators and users.
Our team of talented individuals from top institutions like MIT, Princeton, and Oxford is committed to fostering innovation in a supportive and transparent work environment. With funding from leading VCs, MyShell is poised to reshape the future of AI, making it accessible and integral to everyone's daily life. Join us on this thrilling journey as we redefine what's possible with AI.
About the Role
The next generation of development experience is no longer limited to the linear mode of "files + terminal", but rather a dynamic interface of Chat + Canvas: natural language dialogue on the left, visualized flowcharts on the right, allowing humans to audit AI's chain of thinking, command invocation, and code changes at any time. Your mission is to turn this new interaction paradigm into a deployable product.
Key Responsibilities.
- Visual Interaction Experience Development — Work with product and design teams to transform abstract Agentic workflows into UI experiences that users can perceive, understand, and control, building visualization interfaces for AI instruction flows, such as behavior tracking dashboards, task status panels, and process feedback mechanisms.
- Canvas Editor Implementation — Build flexible visualization canvases based on graphics rendering libraries (such as React Flow, tldraw), supporting core interactions like node arrangement, connections, and state previews, providing users with spatial understanding and operation methods for AI Agent orchestration.
- Design System Development — Participate in building and maintaining the design system, defining interaction consistency, component specifications, and style systems across Chat and Canvas, promoting automation and standardization of frontend and design collaboration processes.
Qualifications
- Preferably 1-3 years of frontend development or design experience, or demonstrated excellence in campus/personal projects; no specific major required. We welcome fresh graduates - all you need is a strong interest in both design and frontend development, and willingness to learn and practice quickly.
- Solid foundation in HTML5/CSS3/ES2022, expertise in React ecosystem (Hooks, Suspense, SSR, RSC).
- Proficiency in at least one of Canvas/SVG/WebGL; experience with large-scale interactive graphic applications.
- Obsessive attention to human-computer interaction details: pixels, animation curves, loading placeholder skeletons, accessibility - nothing can be missed.
- Enjoys hands-on work in Figma while also willing to polish every line of TypeScript in VS Code.
- Strong curiosity about generative AI, willing to use it as a personal "copilot".
Plus Points
- Contributed to high-star open source projects, or active in communities like tldraw/React Flow/Monaco.
- Experience with real-time collaboration (CRDT, WebRTC, WS) or IDE-like applications.
- Understanding of design engineering best practices at companies like Notion, Cursor, Lovable, with unique insights into their product experiences.
- Heavy user of AI Coding products
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and equity package, commensurate with experience and location.
- Flexible working hours and a fully remote work environment, with the ability to collaborate effectively across time zones.
- A dynamic and collaborative work environment that fosters innovation, growth, and professional development.
- The opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies and help shape the future of AI, transforming industries and making a global impact.
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